About Iliya: Virtuoso accordionist, music arranger, film & theater composer and a member of the Israel Composers’ League. Wrote arrangements of popular, jazz and Jewish folk music, as well as original compositions for leading Israeli theater groups including the Chamber Theater, the Ha'bima, the Chan and the Haifa Theater.
A founder and music director of the Magalnyk Klezmer Band which successfully toured Israel and abroad, and participated in a number of international music festivals including:
1999: Strassburg (France)
1999, 2002, 2004: Tzfat Festival (Israel)
2000: Atlanta (USA)
2003: Klezmer Music Festival in Vienna (Austria)
2004: Gdansk and Sopot (Poland)
2005: International Klezmer Festival Fürth (Germany)
2007: New York (USA)
Born in Moldova (Former Soviet Union) in 1961. Emigrated to Israel in 1990.
